Economist Douglas Harris Makes The Free Market Argument Against Vouchers

Draining Funds From Public Education
Written By Peter Greene

EXCERPT

Public school advocates have long argued that attempts to inject free market ideology and mechanics into education are misguided and destructive because the free market is a bad fit for universal public education. But in a new paper, Douglas Harris argues that the reverse is true: schooling is a bad fit for free market logic.

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